Telephone-bracket.



S. D. CRUSE.

TELEPHONE BRACKET. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19, 1915- I 1,178,058. Patented A r. 4,1916,

ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL D. CRUSE, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

TELEPHONE-BRACKET.

Application filed June 19, 1915.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL D. Cause, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Louisville, county of Jefferson, and State of Kentucky, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Telephone- Brackets, of which the following is a. specification.

This invention relates to telephone brackets, and has for an object the provision of a support for telephones which is capable of adjustment through a wide range, both laterally and vertically. and which will automatically sustain the telephone, carried thereby, in any position to which it may be moved.

Frequently there are two telephones in an oilice, connected with diiferent systems, and it is desired to have ready and instant access to either.

A further object is to provide means whereby two brackets may be mounted on a common base, whereby the phone carried by either bracket may be readily brought to any point within theradius thereof.

\Vith the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists of the novel arrangement and construction of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this specification. wherein is set forth an embodiment of the invention, but it is to be understood that such changes and modifications may be resorted to as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Referring to the drawing wherein similar reference characters designate like parts in the several views. Figure 1, is a perspective view showing two brackets mounted on one stand, one of the brackets being at its highest point, (that being its normal position when no phone is attached), the other bracket having a phone attached and being partly depressed; Fig. 2, is a side elevation of the lower portion of bracket showing a method of adjusting the tension of the spring: Fig. 3. a central vertical section of a swiveling block, which is mounted on a pedestal to adapt it to carry two brackets.

Referring more particularly to the drawing 1- designates a pedestal having a central perforation 2 adapted for the reception of a stem 3- depending centrally from a block 4.. The block 4 is provided with a socket -5-, surrounding the stem, which fits over the head of the pedestal, and serves to steady the block in its Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

Serial No. 34,974.

movement. The block is provided with a plurality of vertical perforations 6 for the reception of shafts 7 which depend from the brackets. As illustrated in Fig. 1, two brackets A and B are mounted on the block 4. The brackets comprise a rectangular base portion 8 rigidly attached to the shaft 7 and moving therewith in a hori zontal plane only, and an arm 9 pivot- 5 ally connected with and movable vertically relative to said base. The base 8 comprises vertically alined upper and lower members -10 and 11- which are rigidly attached to the shaft 7 and extend therefrom in par.- allel planes. As illustrated these members each comprise a rectilinear strip bent around the shaft and clamped thereon, being held by rivets '12-. A vertical strip 13 secured to members 10 and 11, by suitable means, which may be the rivets 12, assist in maintaining the parallel relationship of the members 10 and 11. The arm 9 comprises upper and lower members 11 and 15 pivotally connected respectively with the forward ends of the members 10 and 11. The members 14 and 15 are held in parallel relationship by means of pivotally connected transverse bars -16 which are of uniform length, from the forward bar there-is extended a pair of cooperative clamping members 17 having concavoconvex portions adapted to receive the stem of the telephone,-bolts 18 serving to tighten the clamping members. A hook 19 is provided, in which the telephonereceiver may be placed when it is desired to hold the line. A coil spring 21- is connected with the base 8 and the arm 9, being hooked through a perforation -22 near the upper end of the strip 13 and to a lug 23 which is secured to the lower member 15 near the rear end thereof. The lug 23 maV be provided with an offset -24- through which a threaded end -25- of the spring 21 is extended and provided with a nut 96--. this arrangement provides means of adjusting the tension of the spring. The bracket B is illustrated as having the spring connected to the strip 13 and to a curved lever 27 pivoted co-incidentally with the members 11 and 15 and which extending forward and upward operatively contacts with a post -28 in the upper member 14. It

is obvious that the action of the spring is to counter-balance the weight of the telephone, consequently it will remain in any position to which it may be moved, the curved lever serving to equalize the force of the spring. I Having thus described my invention so that any one skilled in the art pertaining thereto may make and use the same, I claim: 1. In a telephone bracket, a vertical shaft.

a rectangular base portion rigidly attached to andextended from said shaft, an arm pivotally connected with said base and adapted for vertical movement relative thereto, said arm comprising upper and lower members spaced apart by a plurality of pivotally connected vertical bars, means extended from the forward bar for receiving a telephone, and a tension element con nected respectively with said base at the rear upper portion thereof and with the lower member of the arm near the rear end thereof.

2. In a telephone bracket, a support, a

shaft stepped therein, vertically alined arms I shaft stepped therein, vertically alined arms extended from said shaft in spaced parallel relationship, a vertical strip connecting said arms, other arms pivotally connected with the forward ends of the first named arms and adapted for vertical movement relative thereto,.vertical bars pivotally connecting and spacing said secondnamed arms, means extended from the forward bar for receiving a telephone, a coil spring connected respectively with the upper end of said vertical strip and with the lowermost of said second mentioned arms near the rear end thereof, and means for adjusting the tension of said spring.

4. In a telephone bracket, a support, a a

shaft stepped therein, vertically alined arms extended from saidshaft in spaced parallel relationship, a vertical strip connecting sa .1 arms, other arms pivotally connected with the forward ends of the first mentioned arms and adapted for vertical movement re ative thereto, vertical bars pivotally cennecting and spacing apart said second named arms, means extended from the forward bar for receiving a telephone, a lever of the third class pivoted co-incidently with the lowen most of said arms, a post in the uppermost of said second mentioned arms w h which the lever operatively contacts, a coil spring connected respectively with the upper end of said vertical strip and with said leverin proximity" to the fulcrum point.

SAMUEL D. Uliilfili 

